The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-23
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THE CITY ELECTION

ed In the re- election OF T.. 4, Allen as
Mayor, T.. J. Kelly as Clerk, the election
of w, II. Stead as City Attorney and Ihos
A. White ~ City Treasurer.
This result was about what was 10 have
been expected That the town vas ripe
for a change of some sort In It's admins
tra,ion Is evidenced by the election of
three new aldermen In the five wards,
where all the retiring aldermen were can.
,iidstes for re election. The administra
ton of Mayor Allen has been aimos, iden.
deal with that of Nicholson some years
ago conducted on the plan Of non inter.
ference with anybody or anything. Peace
and quiet have been maintained by this
plan; and the average citizen Is well
enough satisfied Some bills have been
large, but, fortunately, now, most OF the
money comes gu, of the liquor saloons, so
that the city tax proper levied on the pub.
lie has not been large, an advantage In the
argument which resulted 10 Mr, Aliens al
vantage.
That Mr Sherwood's defeat was a Water.
loo /. lu, entirely to the absurd manner In
which ia. cellar organ" undertook 10 TOR.
lnulate pubic opinions In his behalf the
more ~ ~ there was no pretense OF honest
opinion in line the editor wrote, Its man
4ger, openly boosting before election of
the amount they were paid to work up
the sherwood boom" Instead Of arguing
for Dir. Sherwood as a man deeply in earn,
est as he vas, he was made 10 appear as a
braggart and rendered rIdi.uious. His tie.
feat was inevitable. This view Is amply
sustained by their issue Of Wednesday, In
which they say
We felt keenly our position. We saw
the mountain that stared US In the face,
&c. &c.
Why feel keenly": Was not Mr. Sher.
woods efforts honorable? Was there any.
thing disgraceful In supporting him per
~' Not BIT of 1t; but ii is surprising TO
see this confession: that they mink they
had n disgraceful part TO play, yet they
played II.
Wa have Ill heard Of papers selling out
for money, but few men have heard of a
newspaper with no more care for Its repu.
tation than to sell It's opinions, publicly
state the amount Il received for them and
then turn round the day after the deed and
throw mud on the man they sold to! 1t
would seem that a paper that Is mean
enough 10 compel man 10 pay for its
support would have shame enough to con
ceal the fact and honor enough 10 stand up
for the man whose money they had taken,
at least for a full day after they had seen
the end of their haul A man who will
sell cut In this way is small enough In all
conscience, but when he goes step further
and blackguards the man whose money he
took he sinks too far out of sight for the
notice Of ordinarily decent men
The main feature to be regretted In the
whole business Is the amount Of money
spent ia the Canyass-on both sides, and
In the way mentioned. 1t is
not a pleasant prospect for future candi-
dates to look forward to, that they will be
to subsidize newspaper before
making canvass, and the disgracefu feel
ing that this may be necessary will event
ually drive good men ont of the field as
available candidates, for few men will
care to go 10 the expense 10 say nothing of
loss of selfrespect in a campaign like the
last to obtain an Office that is constant
source of expense In money and time after
election with no pay for services rendered
as an Offset.
The new council Is an extra good one In
many respects and If the Mayor elect will
IN tho reconstruction of his committees
give the people no cause of complaint, the
com Ing two years should give no special
reason for complaint, and do much to keep
up the business boom which promises to
have beginning with this weeks work In
the Business Mems Association.